Word: echo
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...politics while sharing anecdotes about his experiences working with the likes of Marlon Brando and Gene Hackman. When first released, Penn’s films were groundbreaking for their graphic representations of violence and social tensions that had been previously absent in movies, which Penn said was intended to echo the brutal assassinations of prominent leftist individuals, the rebellious youth and counter-cultural movements sweeping the nation, and the hostile oppositional beliefs so prevalent in American society at the time. Penn described a snapshot of the atmosphere of American society at the time that he was directing his movies...
...Indeed, none of the album’s tracks reveal any of his fabled lyrical skill. The album does have a couple half-decent songs, but they’re not without significant flaws. Opener “Love Revolution” is fast-paced and catchy, but the echo effects used on the vocals seem out of place for a garage rock song. The album’s most exciting track, a Stones-y rocker titled “Back In Vietnam,” is either an overused analogy for the war in Iraq or proof that Kravitz...
...Despite its various reinterpretations, the application process cannot be fully eradicated. In addition to the three-part application, prospective contributors to Tuesday Magazine must also attend an interview and submit two sample writing pieces in an echo of the comp processes used by the Big Three...
...context for Merritt’s smirking brand of indie pop.Album-opener “Three-Way” jumps off with jangling fury, bursting to life with a shimmering lead keyboard and dueling guitars on a fuzzed-out new-wave riff. The instrumental din is completed by the echo of a toxic chromium scrape at the back of the mix, interrupted only by the chorus, a gregarious proclamation of the title.On previous albums, Merritt’s lyrics poked fun at contemporary conceptions of sex. “Distortion,” however, pushes those levels beyond the absurd...
...survey calls for a permanent African art gallery and condemns the “archaic, racist views that are causing these collections to be ignored.” As the Harvard University Art Museums move forward with their plans for the organization and development of new museums, we echo the survey’s call for a permanent gallery for African art, though we find the claim of “archaic, racist views” to be extravagant. While many of our peer institutions like Yale and Stanford have permanent exhibits, many structural considerations seem to have hampered...